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The New Babylon(1929)

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6.1(26)1h 32m1929-03-18

DramaHistory

Overview

In the short-lived Commune of Paris, a conscripted soldier falls in love with a Communard saleswoman. As the army cracks down on the revolutionaries, the soldier is forced to fight against the Commune, and the pair's love is put to the test.

Director:: Grigori Kozintsev
Writers:: Leonid Trauberg, Grigori Kozintsev
Cinematographer:: Andrey Moskvin
Composer:: Dmitri Shostakovich
Production:: Sovkino
Status:: Released

Cast

Yelena Kuzmina

Yelena Kuzmina

Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Jean, French soldier

David Gutman

David Gutman

Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop

Sofiya Magarill

Sofiya Magarill

An actress

Andrei Kostrichkin

Andrei Kostrichkin

The main shop-assistant

Sergei Gerasimov

Sergei Gerasimov

Lutro, the journalist

Yanina Zheymo

Yanina Zheymo

Therese, a seamstress

Arnold Arnold

Arnold Arnold

Commune's Central Committee member

Boris Azarov

Boris Azarov

Soldier (uncredited)

Bernshtein

Bernshtein

Friko (uncredited)

Iraida Vinogradova

Iraida Vinogradova

(uncredited)

Emil Gal

Emil Gal

Bourgeois (uncredited)